Current Situation
The present diocese covers an area of 7,700 km² of the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Durham. The see is in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, which was consecrated on 21 August 1860.
The Bishop's residence is Bishop's House, East Denton Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne.
The previous bishop was the Right Reverend Kevin John Dunn, the 12th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle until his death from pneumonia, aged 57, on 1 March 2008 at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, where he had been treated for a number of weeks.
The current bishop is the Right Reverend Séamus Cunningham, who was appointed the 13th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle by Pope Benedict XVI on 9 January 2009. He had previously served as Vicar General and Diocesan Administrator. He was ordained on 20 March 2009, the Feast of Saint Cuthbert, patron of the diocese.
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